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Research Article

Elemental Mercury in the Appendix: An Unusual Complication of a Mexican-American Folk Remedy

Patrick E. McKinney New Mexico Poison Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.; New Mexico Poison Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, U.S.A.
Pages 103-107 | Published online: 22 Feb 1999

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